- Name: asymptote
- Version: 1.91
- Release: 1mdv2010.1
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- Group: Publishing
- License: LGPLv3+
- Url: http://asymptote.sourceforge.net/
- Summary: Descriptive vector graphics language for technical drawing
- Architecture: x86_64
- Size: 1557488
- Distribution: Mandriva Linux
- Vendor: Mandriva
- Packager: Jérôme Brenier <incubusss@mandriva.org>
Description:
Asymptote is a powerful descriptive vector graphics language that
provides a natural coordinate-based framework for technical drawing.
Labels and equations are typeset with LaTeX, for high-quality
PostScript output.
A major advantage of Asymptote over other graphics packages is that
it is a programming language, as opposed to just a graphics program.
Features of Asymptote:
- provides a portable standard for typesetting mathematical figures,
just as TeX/LaTeX has become the standard for typesetting equations;
- generates and embeds 3D vector PRC graphics within PDF files;
- inspired by MetaPost, with a much cleaner, powerful C++-like
programming syntax and floating-point numerics;
- runs on all major platforms (UNIX, MacOS, Microsoft Windows);
- mathematically oriented (e.g. rotation of vectors by complex
multiplication);
- LaTeX typesetting of labels (for document consistency);
- uses simplex method and deferred drawing to solve overall size
constraint issues between fixed-sized objects (labels and
arrowheads) and objects that should scale with figure size;
- fully generalizes MetaPost path construction algorithms to three
dimensions;
- compiles commands into virtual machine code for speed without
sacrificing portability;
- high-level graphics commands are implemented in the Asymptote
language itself, allowing them to be easily tailored to specific
applications.
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